web-interface for ubuntu-backports

[John Dong]

Thanks for your efforts


Mez (Martin M.) is working with the LP team to get some similar
functionality (at one point), so I'll forward you to the list.


On 2/19/06, sjoeboo <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> If you remember, so time ago i made a post to the backports list bringing
> up the idea of creating a web-interface for the backports project. since
> then I and a few class mates have begun working on such a thing for our
> software design course. thus far thigns have gone well. the core
> functionality is there, includeing a manual blacklist of blocked packages
> etc. the "script" that does all of the acctualy work is all in python, and
> based in part off of the ubp-build.py script. the web front end to teh
> script is all php. we still have a good bit of work to do, mainly cleaning
> up code, documentation, comments, and improving the UI, alogn with various
> papers and diagrams for class.
>
> I was wondering what, if anythign can be done to make this project more
> "offical". we obviously need to apply the standard ubuntu color/theme/fonts
> etc to teh web page, and include links to relavent information. the entire
> project also resides, for now, on a very low-end web server sitting in a
> corner of my bedroom on a cable connection. what, if anything can be done to
> move this to a more offical location?
>
> hopefully you can point me in the right direction regarding this
> project.  i'd be happy to send you the build-script and links to the
> "work-in-progress" website.
>
> thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> Matthew Nicholson
> sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com
> sjoeboo.com
>
>
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